Art work of Walt and Charlotte Wirfs. Walt and Char live in Southern Oregon where they have a studio in Jacksonville at 525 North 5th Street. For more information please contact...
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Saturday, April 30, 2016

﻿This painting captures a winter squall coming onto the beach. All I could do was snap a few photos and run for cover. I would prefer to have had the time for a plein air painting, but often nature doesn't cooperate, so it was painted in the studio. I think I was able to capture the immediacy of the moments anyway.

The scene is of the beach near Bob Straub Wayside in Tillamook County, Oregon. The Painting is currently on display at Ryan Gallery in Lincoln City, Oregon.

Tuesday, March 8, 2016

Working with acrylics after years of working in oils was a challenge. My goal was to capture the neon glow of a sign at night and felt that I could only do it with the transparency of acrylic paint.

The sign is one of Jacksonville's icons, located on California Street in the center of town. The tavern is always open and always hopping. Jacksonville's historic committee bans the use of neon in the town but this sign was "grand-fathered" in. Originally Jacksonville was a gold town, and a hand-painted depiction of a prospector panning for gold along Daisy Creek was included in the sign.

The painting is currently on display at the Rogue Gallery and Art Center in Medford